New to this and clueless

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Well, we do have videos at: Getting Started with Carbide Create as well as https://docs.carbide3d.com/assembly/carbidecreate/userguide/ and a cheatsheet: http://community.carbide3d.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d6657615141501572de882f37b379a9f14996769.pdf

and here is one video which is especially basic:

MeasuringInCarbideCreate

Some textual ones which you may find of interest:

Let's make a coaster

The prototypical first job for a Shapeoko is to cut a coaster — here we do this using Carbide Create, trying to make the job as simple as possible, but adding a bit of interest with an inlay, and increasing the utility of the object by rounding off the corners. Before any real setup it will be best to go into Job Setup and Clear the drawing, and set the measurement units — please use mm (metric) for this tutorial. Note that the feeds and speeds in the Carbide 3D charts are given in Imperial inc…

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Child_Name_or_Letter_Board

and

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Creating_a_rustic_letter

If you’d let us know what sort of work you’re trying to do and where you’re getting stuck we’ll gladly try to help.